This is a summary of some exploratory data analysis examining data from Georgia water audits from 2011-2019

1 Loss data by population served

A look at the water loss data for all years (2012-2019) for all municipalities broken down by population served


Minimum population Maximum population Unique municipalities Median supplied water (Mil Gal/Yr) Median non-revenue water (%)
410 4853 77 184.0 28.1
4855 7062 75 275.5 27.6
7073 13050 71 425.4 22.8
13260 28025 62 791.8 21.4
28132 1200000 56 3311.3 17.0


2 Water losses through time

Looking at the supply and loss data through time, hover over the dots to view the municipality. It doesn’t look like there is a clear trend with time.



3 Cost of water losses


4 Potential drivers of water loss

Crossplots of losses with length of mains, pressure, and number of connections broken down by population served